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To me the point is this; if it comes down to a choice between Renfroe and Reyes, given what we know right now, I would probably choose Reyes based on his youth and ceiling, though I'm not going to claim it's an easy decision, since Reyes has a much smaller sample. Ultimately, the Padres are going to have to choose between one or the other. I just don't think you can have two defensive liabilities in the outfield. Now the question becomes; what happens if there is legit trade interest in Renfroe during the offseason? Do you trade him after a solid second half when his value is high?

The only way we can construct an outfield without two defensive liabilities is to either trade for yet another OF to add to the mix or have Margot and Jankowski in the same outfield, which produces an even greater offensive sacrifice.

With the choices we have I'm fine with Margot making up for the defensive shortcomings on either side of him saving some blockbuster maybe.

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The only way we can construct an outfield without two defensive liabilities is to either trade for yet another OF to add to the mix or have Margot and Jankowski in the same outfield, which produces an even greater offensive cost.

With the choices we have I'm fine with Margot making up for the defensive shortcomings on either side of him saving some blockbuster maybe.

That's really the whole problem. I like each of those guys individually for various reasons, but as a group, they don't work.

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Wouldn't that imply that they are trying to pitch around him and he's not letting them?

Just looked at Renfroe's last 20 ABs ..he chased like 2 out of 92 pitches...a few more were borderline strikes...but for rhe most part went at strikes ..only thing I didn't like was he going after 1st pitch on a couple occasions..fly balls to relatively deep CF ..so while o like deeper counts..I can't blame him for those..he made good contact ..just missed by an inch on the bat.. So teams are either daring him to hit them or just not pitching around him...for whatever reason ....looking at Reyes last 20 ABs he seems to change his approach and stance with 2strikes and seems to really challenge a P to strike him out or let him get a single (he chokes up on his bat a little with 2 strike counts as well).. Seems like Renfroe is trying to make something happen while Reyes is more patient and is ok with letting something happen...hope this translates ..to what I am trying to point out... But the difference in approach is quite obvious between these 2..neither walks much..but one Reyes is more patient and Renfeoe more aggressive ......

But to answer the question ..Renfroe is not chasing much anymore outside the zone....but he is not any more or less selective at the plate..with strikes..